Complete Sentences
Sentence Variety
Miscellaneous
Word Parts
Word Parts 2
100
definition of a run-on sentence
What is a sentence with multiple parts that could stand alone as individual sentences or multiple parts that are connected incorrectly?
100
formula for a simple sentence
What is subject + verb?
100
definition of theme
What is a universal statement of the lesson that the author intends to teach?
100
definition of delouse
What is "to get rid of lice?"
100
definition of scribe
What is "one who writes or records?"
200
definition of a sentence fragment
What is a part of a sentence that cannot stand on its own or does not have a main subject and main verb?
200
formula for a compound sentence
What is subject + verb (coordinating conjunction) subject + verb?
200
definition of subject-verb agreement
What is matching between the forms of the subject and verb with regard to number?
200
definition of hapless
What is "unfortunate?"
200
definition of interject
What is "to throw in or add in comments or opinions?"
300
definition of a comma splice
What is a sentence with two parts that could stand alone as independent sentences that are joined by only a comma.
300
formula for a complex sentence
What is subject + verb (subordinating conjunction) dependent clause
300
the parts of a five-paragraph essay (including the pieces of each paragraph, in order)
What are the introduction (hook, then background information, then thesis), the three body paragraphs (point, then information, then explanation), and the conclusion?
300
definition of deject
What is "to make sad or dispirited?"
300
definition of destress
What is "to release or get rid of stress?"
400
While the cake continued to bake.
What is an example of a fragment?
400
The girl took the dog for a walk, but her sister stayed inside to read a book.
What is an example of a compound sentence?
400
six examples of internal text structures
What are listing/enumeration, generalization, chronological/sequential, process, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and concept and definition?
400
definition of subject (verb)
What is "to cause or force to undergo, to bring someone or something under one's control?"
400
definition of superscribed
What is "to write at the top or on the outside of?"
500
The pencil was not sharpened, the eraser had been used up.
What is an example of a comma splice?
500
The boy hiked slowly up the mountain while his dog ran ahead.
What is an example of a complex sentence?
500
bildungsroman
What is a coming of age story?
500
definition of devolve
What is "to split or separate into" or "to transfer power to a lower level?"
500
definition of feckless
What is "weak, ineffective, incompetent, irresponsible?"
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